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Big Break International Screenwriting Contest Deadline Extended to June 15th 57th Columbus International Film + Video Festival - Call For Entries! Final deadline is July 1, 2009 Please see information here More information is available at http://www.chrisawards.org
2009 Starz Denver Film Festival - First Look Student Film Section Call For Entries! Submission deadline is July 15, 2009 Our festival has made student film a major part of our offerings and last year programmed 25 student films in three packages which each screened twice during the closing weekend of the festival. We are also proud to announce that the Spike Lee Student Filmmaker Award will be presented for the second year. This juried award is presented each year to a student filmmaker who shows extraordinary talent and promise. Submit through: www.withoutabox.com Call For Entry Info Emerging Filmmakers Series at the Little Theatre SEEKING EMERGING Submit films and videos: To the monthly Emerging Filmmakers Series at the The 26th Chicago International Children's Film Festival Early Entry deadline for submissions is May 1st. Here's what you need to know: The CICFF is the largest and longest-running children's film program in North America! To download an entry form please visit our website at www.cicff.org FilmGo's online film festival Please find all information here Angelus Call for Entries Call for Entries is OPEN. Deadline is June 1. $5,000 Triumph of the Spirit Award Forward to a Friend Angelus Student Film Festival Submission Form Winners are screened at the Directors Guild, Hollywood Sept 19, 2009. Also, some winners will be flown to the Sundance Film Festival thanks to Windrider Forum. And for the last few years, some winners participated in Angelus International - screenings in Italy and Prague! The Angelus Student Film Festival honors filmmakers as they create works that respect the dignity of the human person. Don't miss entering the festival Moviemaker magazine has called the "best bet for student filmmakers." Email with any questions to info@angelus.org 2009 AHECTA Student Production Awards The Association of Higher Education Cable and Television Administrators (AHECTA), in partnership with mtvU and FOX News Channel, invite all student filmmakers to apply for the 2009 Student Production Awards. This is a great opportunity for students to have their original work seen by a larger audience - along with cash prizes! Call For Entries NOW OPEN for the 2009 Heartland Film Festival Call for Entries is open! The search is on for the films that will screen at the 2009 Heartland Film Festival. Call for Entries is officially open and accepting submissions. Visit us online to get the details and submit your film. Submit online via Withoutabox here and skip the hassle of paperwork. Submission info for FJORG! 2009 32-hour animation competition at SIGGRAPH The call for submissions is now open for the 2009 FJORG! animation competition which takes place at SIGGRAPH this year. The event is a 32-hour animation challenge which pits teams of animators against one another for the glory of all Valhalla...or at least the animation community at large. The first two years of this event has seen participation from 4 RIT teams in total (2 per year) so we really want to keep this growing tradition alive. Teams will eat, sleep, and drink animation for 32 hours straight while living in an enclosed area at the SIGGRAPH convention hall. It's a great opportunity to meet bigwigs in the industry as they walk around the area to see your progress while the competition unfolds. Directors and animators from large studios as well as independent animators all come together to give the teams advice as they animate their fingers off. There's also tons of entertainment which for both years of the competition included Buddhist monks hitting each other with bamboo sticks. Each team is made up of three animators so you'll have to get your friends together for this as the reel submission will be by the team. There is also a pot luck singular submission system where they choose three people and stick them together as a team. It is a $30 dollar submission fee per team submission which isn't that bad considering it will be split up between the three in the team. At the end of the event, the animations are screened to the entire SIGGRAPH audience at a public event. Also SIGGRAPH is being held in New Orleans this year so that's another added perk. Prizes for the first, second, and third place teams are pretty swank (including a trip to a major studio for a tour and lunch). All teams accepted into the competition get a couple bags of goodies though. In a nutshell, it's worth entering. Here's a link to all the info. http://www.siggraph.org/s2009/submissions/fjorg/index.php The deadline for submission is May 6th. If you are interested in entering FJORG! this year, please let me know. I'll put together a meeting so details can be discussed. You can contact me at fpwppr@rit.edu. 2007 Viking Animator and Pillage Enthusiast, 10th Annual Sacramento Film & Music Festival The Sacramento Film & Music Festival is celebrating its 10th season of showcasing the best independent films this year's dates: July 24th August 2nd. This is also the fourth year for our dedicated Student Days program sponsored by Sony, in which we set aside exclusive programming time for student filmmakers. We have screened films in the past from many of your programs and we would love to have that opportunity again this year. Please check us out on withoutabox. Deadlines are in late April (dates vary depending on film length and withoutabox extended deadlines). History and press coverage: Regent Park Film Festival - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) is the sole community film festival in Canada's largest and oldest inner city neighbourhood; an area populated predominantly by new immigrants. The independent films we showcase, of all genres, are from our regions of origin (First Nations, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean) as well as from across Canada and other parts of the world. Our programming celebrates differences and solidarity, immigrant experiences, inner city issues, cultural identity and multicultural relationships. All our screenings as well as childcare are free-of-charge and we pay artist fees. The call for submission guidelines/entry form is here. The Final Deadline is June 1st, 2009.
WOMEN FILMMAKERS and ANIMATORS for the Rochester High Falls International Film Festival We have a slight change of deadline and submission criteria. AND All Women who have a principal role on a film are eligible to submit work. DVD's may be delivered to Mary Barnard's Office on Friday, or to Nancy / Stephanie during the week prior ( March 30 to April 2.) The Women of SOFA committee CICFF - $10,000 Poetry Foundation Prize CHICAGO -The Poetry Foundation and Facets Multi-Media are proud to announce the second annual $10,000 Poetry Foundation Prize, to be awarded in October 2009 at the 26th Annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival (October 22-November 1). The Poetry Prize recognizes excellence in the arts of poetry and film through the presentation of a cash award for the best film based on a poem. The Prize will be awarded to a filmmaker whose use of verse in film opens new artistic vistas and inspires children to a deeper appreciation of poetry. This unique competition was created to encourage filmmakers around the world to incorporate poetry into their films in new and compelling ways. For more information, please visit www.cicff.org and www.poetryfoundation.org
Sofa Alum film release The film, Royal Kill, aka Princess, that JD BealesI, alumni from class of 2001, have been working on for over 5 years, will finally receive a limited theatrical release. Royal Kill will open on April 10th in Washington DC, Chicago, and Los Angeles. If the film tests well, it will get a full national release. JD Beales served as editor on this film. California AMC Ontario, 4549 Mills Circle, Ontario, CA 91764 Chicago AMC Cantera , 28250 Diehl Rd, Warrenville, IL60555 DC/Virginia AMC Hoffman, 206 Swamp Fox Rd, Alexandria, VA22314 www.ROYALKILL.com Cannes 2009 Filmmaking Program - Call for Applications Real Ideas Studio had thought they would not be able to have a student program in Cannes this year due to the economy and no corporate sponsors but through individual supporter contributions for housing Real Ideas will be able to provide the ground experience for two collaborative teams (10 participants) Their project will be to create an introduction to the Real Ideas Studio microgrant films that are being created all over the world and will be screened in Cannes. The students will be able to interface and work with the different directors of the microgrant films for the development of their work and will have their work incorporated into the compiled screening of the microgrants films. The program provides for guidance from leading film faculty from DePaul University and Vancouver Film School as well as professional mentorship from the 2008 Emerging Director from 2008 Cannes Student Filmmaking program. The faculty will provide technical and narrative workshops on completing the finishing shorts in a collaborative team on the ground in Cannes. The experience will include promoting and screening a film in the Marche du Film, 11 days shared accomodations, self catering breakfast and accrediations to the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. More information about the program and the application can be found on the Real Ideas Studio website. Click on Cannes 2009 Fillmmaking Program. 2nd Annual Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2009 accepting student film submissions February 28, 2009, Philadelphia, PA The 2nd annual Philadelphia Independent Film Festival taking place in the artistic neighborhood of Northern Liberties from June 25th – 28th, 2009, will be accepting film submissions at http://www.piff2009.com/ until April 29th. If you are a film student and would like to submit to the 2nd annual Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, a 50% submission fee discount will be given to any film student during the three registration deadlines, which are March 21 for regular registration, April 1st for late registration, and April 29th for the extended registration. Film students get another bonus, because this year we are excited to announce a new secret prize for the winner of the student film category. For more information on the 2nd annual Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, please visit http://www.piff2009.com/ or call 215 240-1749. Email: info@piff2009.com AniFest 09 - call for entries! In less than two months, the Center for Graphics Research at Western Connecticut University will be hosting its 8th annual computer animation festival: April 20-25, 2009 Instructions, forms, etc., can be found on our website http://cs.wcsu.edu/cgr Palm Springs International SHORTFEST - call for entries! JUNE 23- 29, 2009 Online entry form: www.psfilmfest.org Phone: 760-322-2930 Fax: 760-322-4087 Founding partner: www.withoutabox.com Call for Super 8 Films and Pixelvision Artists! CALL FOR SUPER 8 FILMS: 12th Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival - call for entries! CATEGORIES: Feature, Documentary, Short, Experimental, Animation AWARDS: $80,000 in services, products, and cash. FINAL DEADLINE: March 16, 2009 (posted by) FILM FESTIVAL DATES: June 5-14, 2009 CLICK for: Rooftop Seeks Short Film Series Proposals for IFC Here at Rooftop, we're gearing up for the 2009 Summer Series. It's a busy time, but the festival should be fantastic this year. If you have any new films, send them along now. Details on submission are here: www.rooftopfilms.com/submit.html . Rooftop Films is interested in new web series, so we want to know if you have any ideas. If you have a series that gets picked up, you will be financially compensated. What we're looking for: + 4-10 episodes. 2009 X-Factor Rochester High Falls International Film - Call for Entries! Attention: Women in SOFA: Download an updated application form for women filmmakers who want to apply for the 2009 X-Factor Rochester High Falls International Film Festival. This is a scholarship that will be given by the X-Factor and High Falls Festival. This is the first year it is being given away and it is not a festival but it will be given away at the High Falls festival in the spring. SIGGRAPH 2009 Student Volunteers - Call for Participation!
SIGGRAPH 2009 marks the 36th annual conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. The SIGGRAPH 2009 Student Volunteer Program is a unique opportunity for students to network their senses in the SIGGRAPH experience. Join us and please share this invitation with your students and colleagues!! As a Student Volunteer, you will go behind the scenes for an international event which draws thousands of people who share a passion for these advanced technologies. Many exclusive Student Volunteer events will be just for you, including résumé and portfolio reviews! You will also be given complimentary admission to the entire SIGGRAPH 2009 program! The most incredible part is several of these idols began their journey into stardom through the SIGGRAPH Student Volunteer Program. All of this is available to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students who are enrolled full time for at least one semester during the 2008-2009 school year and are at least 18 years of age before the SIGGRAPH 2009 Conference. For more details on eligibility for this incredible opportunity, please check out: The Student Volunteers of today are the industry leaders of tomorrow. Begin your contribution to the world of computer graphics as a SIGGRAPH 2009 Student Volunteer! See you in New Orleans, Nicolas Gonzalez
Real Ideas Studio Microgrants- Call for Applications! Real Ideas Studio (RIS) seeks emerging filmmakers for its global Microgrants Program. RIS is offering $500 to produce films originating from different regions of the world. The finished films will have a screening at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Films must be completed fully within the grant period and amount by May 01, 2009. RIS will be designated as the Production company of the film, and an RIS mentor will advise the film and be credited as a Producer of the project. Real Ideas Studio (RIS) produces films that explore significant perspectives and reflect the culture in which they are made. Films that approach international, local, and/or regional viewpoints are encouraged. Our films consider actuality over fiction and are therefore more documentary in nature; however, we encourage the limits of dramatic and visual creativity within this genre. Our grant amount is flat, and films are expected to be around five minutes in total length. Real Ideas Studio is a global collaborative that mentors creative arts programs within culturally-diverse environments. The program has run filmmaking programs at the last three Cannes Film Festivals, and we most recently completed a very successful filmmaking program at the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, during the Sundance Film Festival. To learn more applicants should visit www.realideasstudio.org Portable Film Festival and Lonely Planet TV - Call for Entries! 1 February - 30 April 2009 Wanna play cinematic tour guide? We want you to show us around a place that means something to you – whether it be the place of your birth, or where to get the best greasy late night hamburger in town; somewhere far away and exotic, or something down home and personal, there's a story everywhere you go. And we wanna hear you tell yours! Portable Film Festival and Lonely Planet TV are proud to present Worldwide Encounters, a film event designed to take the world to the worldwide web, as we scour the atlas for the best in globetrotting filmmaking... Here's what we suggest: create a destination video, and tell us creatively about the story of a place; it could be anything - the people there, your travels through it, what you love about it, what you remember about it. You can film yourself dancing through the streets or getting into fights with locals, but you've gotta capture the character of the place, and what makes it great... What we don't want is the lazy kind of lounge travelogue videos that your relatives might use to inflict the summer cruises of their twilight years onto your family at large. What we do want are films that are creative; that are personal, and that observe things with their own unique sensibility... There are major cash prizes up for grabs, including $1000 for the grand prize winner, $750 for the audience favourite, and a host of smaller cash prizes and Lonely Planet travel guides for the runners up, care of those lovely folks at Lonely Planet! You've got until April 30th, 2009 to get us your film. We'll announce the finalists and present them on Portable Film Festival in the month of June, where our judges will make their decision, and our audiences will make theirs... So, hit the road and make us a movie about what you find! For more info, check out www.portablefilmfestival.com/projects.php, or email us at info@portablefilmfestival.com!
The Final Reel - Attention Film students! Then go to: www.thefinalreel.com
The Final Reel is a web-based reality show. The contestants create short videos about themselves based on weekly themes, and post them for the audience and our judges to vote on.
Netflix Screenplay Contest Netflix and Film Independent are looking for talented new filmmakers to submit their scripts for a chance at having it produced and distributed. The contest will award one winner a chance to produce a feature-length film with a $150,000 cash production grant as well as turn key resources like film stock, camera rental, and post-production resources, for a total grand prize worth over $350,000. The winning film is also guaranteed online distribution through Netflix. THE DEADLINE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS IS FEBRUARY 9, 2009. If you do end up submitting an application to this contest, please let us know. We would like to follow up with your online submission. Please send an email to competition@4throwfilms.com For more details about the contest or to submit your material, please visit www.netflix.com/findyourvoice
Chicago International Children's Film Festival - Call for Entries! October 22 - November 1, 2009 CICFF is the only Academy Award qualifying festival in North America !
CICFF Award Categories include: Feature, Short, Animation, Live-action, Documentary, TV series, Poetry-based, Child-produced film or video. CICFF Prizes Include: Poetry Prize ($10,000), Montgomery Award for Best Emerging Director ($2500); Montgomery Award for Best Child Produced Film ($2500) The largest festival of films for children in North America! Early Entry Deadline: May 1, 2009 (save 20%) Final Deadline: May 31, 2009
Don't let the Early Bird Deadline for the Spring 2009 CINE Golden Eagle Film & Video Competition fly by! Enter online or postmark your entry Enter online with our online entry form. Download a PDF entry form to mail or fax to CINE. Contact CINE at info@cine.org or 202-785-1136 to have an entry form sent to you. Click below for: CINE News and Notes CINE and longtime sponsor Henninger Media Services present the series "Finishing in High Def." These workshops are aimed at updating and demystifying the fast-growing and ever-changing world of high definition and digital production. There is no charge for these workshops, but space is going fast! For more information, visit our website or email us at highdef@cine.org. The 2009 CINE Special Jury Award Recipients Chosen from among all of the 2008 CINE Golden Eagle Award-winning productions, these films were selected as the best in each of their categories. This year's group of winners includes films from Ken Burns, the Discovery Channel, UCLA, the United States Postal Service, CNN, Thirteen/WNET and many others. Click here to see this year's list of recipients. Questions? Concerns?
International Design and Advertising Student Competition For thirty-one years the D&AD Student Awards have been kick-starting Students: We are looking for the next generation of problem solvers. You don¹t necessarily need to be studying design or advertising to enter, you just need to provide us with creative solutions to the problems posed in any of our 27 briefs. The competition is tough, but if you win you¹ll be amongst the best. Creative Briefs: (You can download a complete list by 01: Advertising: Integrated: sponsored by Blyk Students need to select a brief from the list and create a solution that The deadline is March 20th, 2009 If you have any questions please feel free to contact Adam Smith aesfaa@rit.edu
Invitation for participation in the International Students' Film Festival 'Mise-en-Scene 2009' The Department of Mass Media and Mass Communication at Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University is organizing the 5th edition of 'Mise-en-Scene', an International Student's Film Festival and the "Indie film fest" on the 19th, 20th and 21st of February 2009. Mise-en-Scene aims to encourage creative and thought-provoking films by the students and provides them a platform to showcase their skills of filmmaking. Mise-en-Scene's Indie Film Fest segment is an opportunity for the students to interact with independent filmmakers and see their work. The resounding success of the last four editions gave students an opportunity to observe the works of some of the noted filmmakers in the industry like Mr.Anand Patwardhan, Mr.Rohit Shetty, Mr.Anand Gandhi, Mr.Anurag Kashyap and Mr. Surendra Hiwarale. Mise-en-Scene invites a plethora of films distinctly categorized into:
It also includes 'Frame Politik'- a photography competition and a non competitive exhibition. We wish to inform that the last day for sending in the films is February 7, 2009 and the students should have made the films as a part of their curriculum. For detailed information please see the att achments, or email at : miseenscene09@gmail.com
Rochester High Falls International Film Festival seeks works Dear Filmmaker: If you haven't already, we would like to encourage you to submit your work this year to the Rochester High Falls International Film Festival in both the feature-length and shorts categories! Not only is the feature-length call new for us this year, but the shorts program has gone back to the umbrella of the High Falls Film Festival, after a one-year management of the programming by our good friends at Movies on a Shoestring. The requirements for the various sections of the Festival can be found at our website at: rochestermoviefest.com/web/?page_id=25. Any questions, please feel free to write! We look forward to seeing your
work this year, and wish you, as always, all the best on your continued With warm regards, Ruth Cowing rochestersmoviefest.com |
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